What does it mean to be real?

This is a question that many have pondered, and many of them have written books about what they found in their search.

That question I posed last time. Reality? Day time reality? Television? Newspapers? How about dreams? They sure can feel real when they happen.

I've heard a lot about telling the difference between Objective Reality and Subjective Reality. Fair enough. So how do we distinguish the two?

Everybody has their Subjective reality. It is what you experience, whether it is body sensations, sight, hearing, smell, taste. Sense of position is one I've been confounded with in the past. The scenario goes like this: I'm standing on a sidewalk. It's clear that I'm not going to fall and I'm steady on my feet. Yet I feel a subjective sense of movement, usually a twist either clockwise or counterclockwise. So my question would be (if there was a framework for asking it), what is it that moved? (I've got used to this now, by the way. But I'll be interested in hearing from you if you've experienced things like this).

A lot of what I describe here is quite subtle. Obviously, if you are in the midst of an event with lots of interaction, the subtleties can be easily overlooked. One precept I've found helps a lot is "no sudden moves". For example, if I step slowly, carefully, and deliberately, I can walk through a group of pigeons without scaring them. But obviously, if you jump into a group of them, they will fly off. So if I "notice something", then I "note it" while doing exactly what I was doing, as if nothing was happening. I'm extremely happy of one of these experiences, as I had an altered state connection to another parallel Ken Parker who was dying, and witnessed his death, during a conference call at my day job. I stayed right there, answering all the questions impeccably, mouthing what I thought were my goodbyes to my ceiling, and stayed with the call, even with the ghost sensations of the bursting of an abdominal aneurysm in another body. And then, I stepped out of the bed, feeling fine, and the rest of the day goes well. But there is a ghost feeling of another part of me in trouble.

I welcome comments from others, who have subjective experiences that just do not seem to fit in with what others say.

Ken Parker in Seattle, Washington

Just What is Reality, Anyway?

First, let me introduce myself: I am Ken Parker, a computer professional who creates Universes in his spare time. My BLOG career began with the Eye Blink Universe BLOG, but I then expanded my blogging, to (among other things) support a Calendar and Political Party for my Universe.

This BLOG will develop the Multiple Worlds brand of Quantum Physics, which goes something like, "When you make a choice, there is an aspect of you somewhere (or somewhen), who made the other one". Why? Because the Higher Aspects of us have way too much time on their hands, and would be quite bored if they had to be focused on just one reality at a time.

Ken Parker in Seattle.